The "Village" Model: A Consumer-Driven Approach for Aging in Place

Scharlach, Andrew E.; Graham, Carrie; Lehning, Amanda J.

doi:10.1093/geront/gnr083

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“…Different types of healthcare providers – but especially CHNs – are exploring alternative means of offering new high-performance services for maintaining older adults in deteriorating health at home and improving their quality of life [10]. However, to better predict how acceptable and useful innovative technologies might be, it is important to understand the factors that influence their acceptance and use in daily practice, especially among the CHNs using them directly.…”

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Acceptability Among Community Healthcare Nurses of Intelligent Wireless Sensor-system Technology for the Rapid Detection of Health Issues in Home-dwelling Older Adults

Cohen¹,

Kampel²,

Verloo³

2017

TONURSJ

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Background:The effective care and support of community healthcare nurses (CHNs) contribute greatly to the healthy aging of older adults living at home. Integrating innovative technologies into CHNs’ daily practice offers new opportunities and perspectives for early detection of health issues and interventions among home-dwelling older adults.Aim:To explore the perception of acceptability among CHNs of an intelligent wireless sensor system (IWSS) for use in daily practice for the detection of health issues in home-dwelling older adults receiving home healthcare.Method:Descriptive and qualitative data were sourced from a pilot randomized controlled trial involving 17 CHNs using an IWSS in their daily practice to rapidly detect falls and other health issues in patients’ homes. IWSS alerts indicating behavior changes were sent to CHNs. Their perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) were assessed. The acceptability of IWSS technology was explored using a questionnaire and focus group discussions.Results:The PU and PEOU of the IWSS technology were low to moderate. A majority of the CHNs were dissatisfied with its performance and intrusiveness; they reported multiple obstacles in the usefulness and ease of use of the IWSS technology in daily practice.Conclusion:To improve the IWSS technology’s low to moderate acceptability among CHNs, we recommend a more user-centered implementation strategy and an embedded model of nursing care.

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Acceptability Among Community Healthcare Nurses of Intelligent Wireless Sensor-system Technology for the Rapid Detection of Health Issues in Home-dwelling Older Adults

Cohen¹,

Kampel²,

Verloo³

2017

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“…A Dementia‐Community Adaptation Model (D‐CAM) will be used to guide this study (Figure ). The D‐CAM was developed by the principal investigator from the integration of key concepts from the Family Stress Theory (Rosino, ), Village Model (Scharlach, Graham, & Lehning, ), Eden Alternative® (), and Dementia‐Friendly America® (). D‐CAM is an innovative model for explaining how community adaptation to caregiver‐related family stressors affects family well‐being.…”

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Dementia‐friendly faith village worship services to support African American families: Research protocol

Epps

Brewster

Alexander

et al. 2019

Research in Nursing & Health

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African American caregivers for persons living with dementia frequently experience emotional strain, burden, social isolation, and depression. One source of support for them when in distress is their church community. However, many African American churches do not have programs to support families and congregants living with dementia. Dementia often restricts persons living with dementia and their caregivers from attending church. Both become increasingly uncomfortable in church settings due to fear of embarrassment, uncertainty about the behavior of the person living with dementia, and shame. Church attendance and religion has been shown to be beneficial for caregivers and elders living with dementia. However, there is little work exploring how involvement in religious practices together (caregivers and persons living with dementia) might enhance the quality of life for these families. This protocol is written to detail the designing and testing of the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a dementia‐friendly faith village worship service. In the study, we will examine how dementia‐friendly faith village worship services support the well‐being of caregivers and care recipients in three African American churches through observation, interviews, and surveys. A sample of 30 dyads of African American caregivers and persons living with dementia will be asked to attend six modified worship services together over 6 months. In this study, we hope to demonstrate the significant role of churches in the lives of African American family caregivers and persons living with dementia and show that a faith‐based, family‐oriented approach can promote a greater quality of life for African American families living with dementia.

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“…In recent years, many initiatives have been developed to help older adults stay in their current residences as these persons frequently prefer to remain there (Scharlach, Graham, & Lehning, 2011). Many older adults anticipate changing residences only when remaining in one's home becomes unsafe or unmanageable.…”

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Giving Back and Staying Put: Volunteering as a Stabilizing Force in Relocation

Shen

Perry

2014

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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Relocation in older adulthood has been shown to have health-related and environmental triggering factors. This study explores the relationship between volunteering in a community and relocation. Using data from 2008 and 2010 Health and Retirement Study, which included 9,220 community-dwelling older individuals who were 65 years and older, our findings show that volunteering significantly reduces the likelihood of relocating out of the area, and such relationship is partially mediated by having friends nearby. This study is innovative because it identifies a stabilizing mechanism important for understanding “protective” factors, such as volunteering, as a way communities can retain older adults.

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The "Village" Model: A Consumer-Driven Approach for Aging in Place

Cited by 87 publications

References 16 publications

Acceptability Among Community Healthcare Nurses of Intelligent Wireless Sensor-system Technology for the Rapid Detection of Health Issues in Home-dwelling Older Adults

Acceptability Among Community Healthcare Nurses of Intelligent Wireless Sensor-system Technology for the Rapid Detection of Health Issues in Home-dwelling Older Adults

Dementia‐friendly faith village worship services to support African American families: Research protocol

Giving Back and Staying Put: Volunteering as a Stabilizing Force in Relocation

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